"I know you also did not want to see the death of Brian Terry. None of us did."
"I already prefaced this by saying I do not anticipate this--I am making a statement. I do not expect the Attorney General to respond to this."
"What this has done is for political expediency of the President, to make him look tough, to fight against the allegations that you've been weak in the past."
"The issue still remains though, the day-to-day operation of nuclear safety, and the decisions that you make are significant in this."
"If the administration has determined in these areas you have to promote abortions or we don't give you U.S. funds, say it."
"Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from their government."
"Notwithstanding that, a political appointee, unconfirmed, effectively a czar, interjected themselves and made a decision that changed the outcome of this grant."
"The process was delayed for months while the agencies struggled to find ways, in our opinion, to inject a new criteria to alter the funding process."
"The study assumes that you are going to provide information and research, but not new regulations based on that."
"I would just encourage you to walk around on it."
"Americans have the right to know the money Washington takes from them is well spent."